Thursday, May 29, 2014

My husband is out of town this week for a business conference and man, is it putting a damper on my goal to have my Penny Patch Quilt finished for my mom's stay in the hospital next weekend. Most days I can get about 30 minutes of uninterrupted time after dinner is done and the baby is asleep. But this week that 30 minutes is spent more like this -

Yes, it seems that my son thinks the best way to baste a quilt is with a John Deere... perhaps he is right!

Thankfully, hubby comes home tomorrow and I should be able to make more progress.

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

My mom is amazing. I won't get into all the reasons she is the perfect mom for me here, but just trust me ;) I have been working on the Penny Patch Quilt with Rachel at Stitched in Color since she began her blog series last fall (yes I am slow! I have 3 tiny humans!). But recently, I have found the motivation to pick up the pace on this fun project. My mom is going to be spending three days in our local hospital for monitoring as her doctors adjust her heart-related medications.

Penny Patch Quilt

Now this is all standard and totally precautionary, but three days in a hospital, regardless of the reason, is no day at the beach (something my family much prefers)! I want my mom to have something special with her so this quilt is for her! I have two weeks to finish it up. I have one final row to piece and then it is on to basting, quilting and binding!